The Kootenai Tribe of Idaho this week released its framework for deciding how the long-disturbed Kootenai River's basic ecosystem functions can be restored for native fish without disturbing manmade infrastructure that has altered the environment.
Rebecca Miles, a Nez Perce tribal member and official has been chosen by tribal officials to chair the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission in 2009-2010.
The Colville Confederated Tribes have agreed to cover fish production costs at the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife's Colville Fish Hatchery, a state facility in northeast Washington slated for closure under recent budget cuts.
Genny Hoyle and Kevin James took the first shifts at gently and patiently stirring eggs and milt with feathers, the culmination of an annual, labor-intensive effort to save the endangered Kootenai River white sturgeon.
U.S. Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) led a delegation of West Coast congressional members in sending a letter to key Obama administration officials urging them to restore funding for the Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund.
An under-performing upriver spring chinook salmon run has exposed a flaw in a 10-year catch sharing agreement that tilts benefits heavily in favor of non-Indian sport fishers, according to four Columbia River basin treaty tribes.
Babtist (Paul) Lumley, a member of the Yakama Indian Nation and 23-year veteran of American Indian policy, is returning to the Columbia Basin after a five-year absence to serve as the executive director for the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission.
The public is invited to weigh in next week on budding plans to provide access for salmon to the upper reaches of central Washington's Cle Elum River, a tributary to the Yakima River.
Longtime Columbia River salmon restoration and tribal treaty fishing rights advocate Jaime Pinkham is set to leave the basin to join Archibald Bush Foundation as vice president in charge of its Native Nation-Building Team.
A study on the overall economic benefits of Washington State's non-treaty commercial and recreational fisheries for 2006 showed the fisheries generating $540 million in personal income.
Central Washington's Colville Tribes have seen early successes in tests of selective fishing gear that they say can increase the viability of wild salmon populations by allowing increased spawner escapement and lessening the straying of hatchery fish on to spawning grounds.
The Shoshone-Bannock Tribes on Nov. 7 signed an agreement with federal agencies that makes available approximately $61 million over 10 years to help rebuild populations of Snake River spring/summer chinook and Snake River steelhead in Idaho's Salmon River basin and Snake River sockeye and native Yellowstone cutthroat in the upper Snake River.
The Shoshone-Bannock Tribes announced today that they intend to join four Columbia River tribes, two states and three federal agencies in signing an unprecedented agreement designed to improve habitat and strengthen fish stocks in the Columbia River Basin over the next 10 years.
The Northwest Power and Conservation Council last week gave the go-ahead for the Yakama Nation to launch into final design for new Klickitat River subbasin hatchery facilities that have an estimated cost of $36.9 million.
Olney “JP” Patt, Jr. Monday announced his resignation as the executive director of the Portland, Oregon based Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission effective August 1st, 2008, citing personal and family considerations.
N. Kathryn "Kat" Brigham, one of the founders of the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, has been chosen by fellow commissioners to lead the organization for July 2008 through June 2009.
After years of technical exchanges, the Yakama Nation appears ready to take a big first step toward its goals of boosting supplementation of endangered spring chinook salmon and steelhead and increasing fall chinook and coho returns to the Klickitat River basin for harvest.
It's a new season and fresh salmon caught by tribal fishermen in the Columbia River and tributaries is again available for purchase.
An upriver spring chinook salmon spawning run that has proceeded in fits and starts up the Columbia and Snake rivers is almost certainly late and smaller in number than had been predicted in preseason, according to fishery officials.
An upriver spring chinook salmon spawning run that has proceeded in fits and starts up the Columbia and Snake rivers is almost certainly late and smaller in number than had been predicted in preseason, according to fishery officials.
Scientists from tribal governments and Oregon State University have developed new guidelines for evaluating health risks stemming from contamination of native lands.
Scientists from tribal governments and Oregon State University have developed new guidelines for evaluating health risks stemming from contamination of native lands.
The Independent Scientific Review Panel last week completed on two projects proposed by the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Indian Reservation that are earmarked for funding in a recently announced draft memorandum of understanding between the tribe and federal agencies.
The Spokane Tribe of Indians has joined a partnership that intends to provide new water for irrigators and cities in the Columbia River Basin and support stream flows for endangered fish.
The Spokane Tribe of Indians has joined a partnership that intends to provide new water for irrigators and cities in the Columbia River Basin and support stream flows for endangered fish.
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